Profile for Krystal Edwards, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS

Krystal Edwards, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS

Biography

Dr. Edwards is an Associate Professor in the Ambulatory Care Division on the Dallas/Fort Worth Campus. Dr. Edwards completed her Pharmacy Practice Residency at Baptist Memorial Healthcare in Memphis, Tennessee and a Specialty Residency in Primary Care Pharmacy Practice at the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville, Tennessee. She became a Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist (BCPS) in December 2003. She was inducted as Fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy in October of 2012. Dr. Edwards started the Dallas/Fort Worth PGY2 Ambulatory Care Specialty Residency and was the residency program director from 2005 to 2012. Dr. Edwards currently practices at the Veterans Affairs North Texas Health Care System in the Ambulatory Care Outpatient Clinic in Fort Worth. There, she actively participates in managing patients in the areas of diabetes, hypertension, heart failure, coronary artery disease, and hyperlipidemia. Dr. Edwards has provided presentations at local, state, and national professional pharmacy meetings. She has been an invited lecturer at several pharmacy schools in Japan and Thailand and was a keynote speaker at the 1st Annual Meeting of the Japan Pharmaceutical and Diabetes Society in Tokyo, Japan last fall. She is currently active and has held several leadership positions in several local, state, and national professional pharmacy organizations along with working with the local American Diabetes Association.